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  • 18:17

    Powerful Islamist Group says it Backs ISIS-Free Syria Zone

    A major conservative Islamist rebel group in Syria announced its support on Tuesday for a joint US-Turkish plan to establish a border zone free of the "Islamic State" terrorist group.

    The powerful Ahrar al-Sham rebel faction said the ISIS-free zone, planned along a stretch of border in the northern province of Aleppo, "is in the interest of the Syrian people," AFP reports.